In offering the “Scholar Dollars” Essay Scholarship for Black Students, we want to help offset the cost of attending college for Black students. Open to high school juniors and seniors (graduating class of 2025 and 2026) and undergraduate and graduate students enrolled during the 2024-25 academic year, this scholarship aims to lighten your financial worry and allow you to take fewer loans. Remember, scholarships are essentially “free money” that need not be paid back. This scholarship, specifically, aims to help out a Black student who is passionate about their higher education journey and actively looking for ways to fund it. Please note that applicants will be reviewed based on both the quality of their essay and quantity of scholarships applied for on the Scholarships360 platform. Scholarships360 users who are more active on the platform will be given higher consideration. We look forward to reading your application, and wish you much success on your academic journey!

• The “Scholar Dollars” Essay Scholarship is open to Black high school juniors and seniors (graduating class of 2025 and 2026), as well as Black undergraduate and graduate students enrolled during the 2024-25 academic year. Students interested in career training and certificates are also eligible to apply.
• CITIZENSHIP: US Citizens, Permanent Residents
• RACE/ETHNICITY: Black/African
• GRADE LEVEL: HS Upperclassmen, College & Graduate Students